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Sibel

2019 · 95 min

A quiet, immersive portrait of a marginalized woman finding her voice in a remote, mistrustful community.

Overview
25-year-old Sibel lives with her father and sister in a secluded village in the mountains of Turkey’s Black Sea region. Sibel is a mute, but she communicates by using the ancestral whistled language of the area.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • eeriestrength 1 of 3
  • earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • isolation
  • identity
  • family
  • survival
  • freedom
Places
  • countryside
  • small town
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror2
Humour2
Realism8
Romance3
Tension5
Darkness6
Complexity6
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
Guillaume Giovanetti, Çagla Zencirci
Written by
Çagla Zencirci, Ramata-Toulaye Sy, Guillaume Giovanetti
Starring
Damla Sönmez, Erkan Kolçak Köstendil, Emin Gürsoy, Elit İşcan, Gülçin Kültür Şahin, Sevval Tezcan, Meral Çetinkaya
Runtime
95 min
Country
France, Germany, Luxembourg, Turkey
Languages
Turkish

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